Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1939-45 Cricket and Rugby Football Club
Reference
S140.142
Place
SUNDERLAND
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour list produced in 1963 for Sunderland Cricket and Rugby Football Club, Ashbrooke.
Names
Notes
1. " Once again no official Roll of Honour was compiled and the following list may well be incomplete. Research after seventeen years has proved difficult and it can only be asked that imperfections in the list may be forgiven."
2." The ground was in constant use for organised training, games and athletics, not only by garrison units (among which were the North Staffordshire and East Yorkshire Regiments as well as search light and artillery units), but also by the Home Guard, A.T.C., Girls High School (tennis and hockey), and Bede School (Rugby football)."
3. " The pavilion slope was ploughed up and cultivated for a time by a groundsman but ultimately it was divided into six allotments in which green fingered members toiled assiduously - to the great envy of their fellows when crops of vegetables and potatoes were harvested."
4. " Damage was sustained in three air-raids affecting the Tunstall Vale end of the ground on 23rd February 1941 and the bowling green on 14th March and 23rd May 1943 and the greater part of the pavilion was requisitioned for occupation by the R.A.F. barrage balloon crews from 25th May 1943 to 9th September 1944."
5. "162 members were traced by the secretary in 1944 as having served in the Forces no fewer then thirty one gave their lives in freedom's cause."
Notes 1-5 from Chapter Nine At War Again, To Ashbrooke and Beyond
2." The ground was in constant use for organised training, games and athletics, not only by garrison units (among which were the North Staffordshire and East Yorkshire Regiments as well as search light and artillery units), but also by the Home Guard, A.T.C., Girls High School (tennis and hockey), and Bede School (Rugby football)."
3. " The pavilion slope was ploughed up and cultivated for a time by a groundsman but ultimately it was divided into six allotments in which green fingered members toiled assiduously - to the great envy of their fellows when crops of vegetables and potatoes were harvested."
4. " Damage was sustained in three air-raids affecting the Tunstall Vale end of the ground on 23rd February 1941 and the bowling green on 14th March and 23rd May 1943 and the greater part of the pavilion was requisitioned for occupation by the R.A.F. barrage balloon crews from 25th May 1943 to 9th September 1944."
5. "162 members were traced by the secretary in 1944 as having served in the Forces no fewer then thirty one gave their lives in freedom's cause."
Notes 1-5 from Chapter Nine At War Again, To Ashbrooke and Beyond
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: James Pasby
To Ashbrooke and beyond: the history of the Sunderland Cricket and Rugby Football Club 1808 - 1963 E. Watts Moses; SCRFC, pages 41-43 1963
To Ashbrooke and beyond: the history of the Sunderland Cricket and Rugby Football Club 1808 - 1963 E. Watts Moses; SCRFC, pages 41-43 1963
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Research acknowledgements
Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Roll of Honour 1939-45 Cricket and Rugby Football Club (S140.142)
Roll of Honour
1939-45
William Henry Greenwell Bowmer Sub Lieut., R.N.V.R.
Frederick John Brodhurst Major, R.A.S.C.
Ronald Mark Carrell Pilot Officer, R.A.F.
Rowland Branston Cox Wing Commander, R.A.F.
John Browning Deas Captain, East Yorks. Rgt.
James Edgar Dobbie Chaplain, R.A.F.
John Maple Emerson R.A.F.
William Dennis Fairclough 2nd Lieut., Durham L.I.
William Garbutt Farrow Engineer Officer, M.N.
Alistair Frederick Foster Captain, Royal Artillery
James Gilbertson Surgeon Lieut., R.N.V.R.
John Stewart Gillan Captain, Seaforth Highlanders
Brian Hunter Flt. Sergt., R.A.F.
Charles William Laing 2nd Lieut., East Riding Yeomanry
Leicester Little Captain, Air Observation Regt.
Alfred Peter Mair Captain, Royal Artillery, attached R.A.F.
M.L. Marshall Lost at sea
Harold Ashton Milburn Fl. Lieut., R.A.F.
Kenneth Storey Morton Major, Royal Artillery, attached R.A.F.
Guy Humble Nicholson Lieut. (E), R.N.R.
Hubert Stuart Ray Flt. Lieut., R.A.F.
Thomas Henry Shacklock Chief Engineer, M.N.
Walter Edward Battle Silva-White Flying Officer, R.A.F.
Alan Havelock Spence Sgt. Observer, R.A.F.
Kenneth Steel Pilot Officer, R.A.F.
Patrick Godfrey Thompson Sgt. Navigator, R.A.F.
W. Oliver Thompson Flt. Lieut., R.A.F.
William Grant Waugh Lieut., 10th Hussars
John Whittaker Lieut., Royal Tank Corps
(Special Service Div.)
Arthur John Witherington Flt. Lieut., R.A.F.
Denys March Witherington Private, 1st Loyal Regt.
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Decorations & Awards
1939-45
Major Alfred Bannister Bronze Star (U.S.A.)
Sqdr. Leader Wilkinson Barnes Mentioned in Dispatches
Robert George Browell M.B.E. (Civil)
Major George Cecil Coatsworth Mentioned in Dispatches
Geoffrey John Burdon Cox B.E.M.
Lt. Col. Arnold Cecil Dixon M.B.E. (Mil.), Mentioned in Dispatches
Captain Gordon Fairclough M.C.
Captain Geoffrey Gilbertson Croix de Guerre (with gold star)
Lt. Col. Norman McKay Jesper D.S.O.
Sqdr. Leader Joseph Robert Kayll D.S.O., O.B.E. (Mil.), D.F.C.
Joshua Stoker Marwood M.B.E. (Civil)
George Shipley McIntire O.B.E. (Civil)
Major Stanley Wayman Milburn M.B.E. (Mil.)
Lt. Comdr. John Charlton Moor (R.N.V.R.) War Cross (Greece)
Lt. Col. Dudley Stewart Norman D.S.O.
Lt. Col. Alan Herring Parnaby M.B.E. (Mil.)
Major Charles William Pickersgill M.B.E. (Mil., Mentioned in Dispatches
Lieut. Bertram Stephen Roland Rambaut M.C.
Sqdr. Leader Leslie Scorer D.F.C.
Lieut. John Elliott Smart (R.N.V.R.) D.S.O., M.B.E. (Mil.)
Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Squance O.B.E. (Mil.)
Major James Storey Mentioned in Dispatches
Sqdr. Leader Derek Thirlwell D.F.C.
Robert Cyril Thompson (later Pilot Officer)C.B.E. (Civil)
P.O. (Air Gunner) Jeffrey George Turner
(Fleet Air Arm) D.S.M.
Flt. Lieut. Richard Bewick Ward D.F.C.
Group Captain Richard Henry Waterhouse C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C.,
Silver Star (U.S.A.)
*Lt. Col. William Stuart Waterhouse M.C.
Captain Middlemost Wawn D.F.C., Mentioned in Dispatches
Captain Thomas Ernest Williams M.C.
*The only war-time commissioned officer to command a
Regular Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry.
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